Cosmetic treatment method for fighting against skin ageing effects
AssigneeLvmh Recherche
InventorsFrédéric Bonte, Marc Dumas, Catherine Heusele, Jacques Le Blay
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of cosmetic treatment for combating the effects of skin ageing and to novel cosmetic compositions which are particularly suitable for carrying it out. According to the invention, at least one agent for promoting the adhesion of the keratinocytes of the epidermal basal layer to the dermo-epidermal junction, especially to the collagen IV of said junction, such as, in particular, a divalent metal salt or complex, preferably magnesium aspartate or magnesium chloride, is used, optionally in association with a stimulant of collagen IV synthesis and/or a stimulant of collagen VII synthesis.
Claims11
A cosmetic composition comprising magnesium aspartate, in an effective amount for promoting the adhesion of the keratinocytes of the epidermal basal layer to the dermo-epidermal junction, in association with at least one collagen stimulating active agent for stimulating synthesis of collagen IV or of collagen VII, said agent for stimulating collagen IV being selected from the group consisting of soya saponins, soya sapogenols and plant extracts rich in soya saponins or soya sapogenols or comprising saponins from roots of Medicago sativa and said agent for stimulating the synthesis of collagen VII being selected from the group consisting of an extract of Potentilla erecta and an extract of Bertholletia.
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